Cross-Re-Tour

The EU project Cross-Re-Tour supports the innovation of sustainable and digital processes in companies in the tourism industry. The project provides access to knowledge, tools and innovation and brings tourism businesses together with pioneers of sustainable and digital change outside the tourism industry. In this way, Cross-Re-Tour aims to break down the barriers between sectors […] Read more

Sustainable Mobility in rural tourist regions

SMARTA-NET is a European initiative of the European Commission under DG Move that aims to promote sustainable and resilient mobility solutions in rural areas. Tourism plays an important role here. A consortium of five different countries is working on the project, besides NIT these are MemEx (Italy), E40 (Hungary), TIS (Portugal) and Panteia (Netherlands). […] Read more

AIR – AI-based recommender for sustainable tourism development

The development of processes based on artificial intelligence is intended to equalize and manage visitor flows in the future. This will provide sustainable tourism with a further opportunity to identify any clusters of visitors that may arise and the resulting congestion of popular travel and excursion destinations at an early stage. Using the information, visitors […] Read more

Sustainability in holiday travel: Awareness and demand trends and their influencing factors

What role does sustainability play in travel planning of Germans, how sustainable is their travel behaviour practice and how do these two aspects develop over time? These questions are the focus of a research project of the Forschungsgemeinschaft Urlaub und Reisen (FUR). NIT is supporting the project with know-how and personal resources. […] Read more